Skiing vs Snowboard

Amen tino! A M E N

I confess in the early days of boarding, to having a few dark thoughts. Scruffs, sat in the middle of the piste, and when they get going, they sideslip all the snow back to hard surface. And then....

I was going up the gondola in Niederau, and a boarder came bounding down the Stuck, by the edge of the trees, riding a difficult camber, in crud. He was riding where few skiers would not have tried, the risk of a tree hit would be too high.

Respect.

Trencher does both.

Arc 1950 or 2000 is the best place to learn.

ewanmalone wrote:Amen tino! A M E N

and here endeth the lesson ;)

I can see we will get on fine Ewan, another Scot I presume? Seems we have a presence on here!

afraid not tino. family is scotish but im a yorkshire boy.

I would agree with most of the advise above. I think snowboarding requires a little more commitment than skiing. You could have fun as a one week a year skier, but it would be very frustrating to be a one week a year snowboarder. On the other hand, if you do other board sports like surfing, or skateboarding, then jumping on a snow board for a week every year would be a natural extension of your skill set. Also, if you intended to hit a snowdome every week as a regular pastime, snowboarding would be again be a good choice.

Trencher

but the snow dome is sooooo expensive. :(

Hi New to the site my name is Alastair . I snowboard my self. I used to watch my son snowboard down at the dry slope in Aberdeen got feed up watching him so I gave it a go never looked back it's so much fun :)